How to Use Regex in SQL With Practical Examples

The issue of regular expressions in SQL Server is a tricky one. On the one hand, they can provide you with more complex and precise ways of getting and managing your data. On the other hand, SQL Server does not support regular expressions natively, yet provides a few alternatives and workarounds. This guide covers them and shows all the benefits, practical examples, and actual tools that will make data querying in SQL Server easier than ever.

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The examples show how to run SQL queries against your databases using a multifeatured SQL Server GUI called dbForge Studio for SQL Server. With its help, you can write and execute queries of any complexity against your databases. Besides that, the Studio delivers quite a few tools that cover multiple aspects of SQL Server development, management, and administration.